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00:00:56 1 Terminology
00:02:11 2 Imperial period
00:02:21 2.1 18th and early 19th centuries
00:06:23 2.2 Late 19th - early 20th century
00:08:34 2.2.1 Utopias
00:10:39 2.2.2 Genre fiction
00:14:12 3 Soviet period
00:14:21 3.1 Soviet science fiction
00:14:54 3.1.1 Early Soviet era
00:18:55 3.1.2 Late Soviet era
00:23:11 3.1.3 Films and other media
00:25:53 3.2 Soviet fantasy
00:26:02 3.2.1 Literature
00:28:14 3.2.2 Films
00:30:23 3.3 Most notable Soviet writers
00:30:33 4 Post-Soviet period
00:30:43 4.1 Literature
00:35:01 4.2 Movies
00:36:49 4.3 Other media
00:37:39 4.4 Notable writers
00:37:48 5 Anthologies
00:39:28 6 Literature
00:41:22 7 References
00:42:40 8 External links



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Science fiction and fantasy have been part of mainstream Russian literature since the 19th century. Russian fantasy developed from the centuries-old traditions of Slavic mythology and folklore. Russian science fiction emerged in the mid-19th century and rose to its golden age during the Soviet era, both in cinema and literature, with writers like the Strugatsky brothers, Kir Bulychov, and Mikhail Bulgakov, among others. Soviet filmmakers, such as Andrei Tarkovsky, also produced many science fiction and fantasy films. With the fall of the Iron Curtain, modern Russia experienced a renaissance of fantasy. Outside modern Russian borders, there are a significant number of Russophone writers and filmmakers from Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan, who have made a notable contribution to the genres.